"The Weald Forest Ridge, historically part of the Weald, has a scenic quality of its own. The high country, much of it between 400 and 600 feet above sea level, runs almost unbroken from the county boundary near Tunbridge Wells to Horsham, and includes the breezy, treeless heights of Ashdown Forest and the forests of Worth and St Leonard's. It is famous for its far-ranging views South to the Downs and for its magnificent gardens like Wakehurst, Nymans and Leonardslee, in which the sandy soil is especially favourable to rhododendrons."
Crouch, M, (1969) The Heritage of Sussex, Macdonald
The Weald Forest Ridge also lies almost entirely within the northern section of the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
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